
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Landslide - a cover by El Bohemio
This is something I haven't done in a long while. So here's a new recording done again with the help of my brother's Avid Recording Studio device. Of course I recorded the video and the audio separately again. Even the vocals and guitar were recorded separately. I'm just not good enough to do all that in just one take haha! I added a delayed effect on the vocals and the a flanger effect on the guitar to hide the flaws of my singing and my playing hihihi ! I'm not sure if it worked. My ears are tired already from listening to what I've done if it's any good. My God, I don't even like the cover image!
But who's demanding for perfection here, right? Hehe. This is really about having fun, doing the things we love, pretending to be some famous rock star. I remember the words of Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters about the "human element" in music making and how today's music sounded perfect but lacks personality and...
Anywaaay, this video isn't a Foo Fighter song hehe. It's a Fleetwood Mac song written in 1975 ( I was born in that year ). But it was only after the year 2000 that I first heard this song and it was a live version. I really think their vocalist Stevie Nicks sounded better there compared to the original 1975 recording, and Lindsey Buckingham's guitar-playing is just amazing!
I love this song not only because it sounds great but because of its meaning. Nicks wrote this song at a time when she was in Aspen, Colorado, contemplating on going back to school or continue to pursue a career in music with Buckingham, whom she is not in good terms with at that time, and their album had been dropped by Polydor Records. She was looking at the snowy mountains and felt that her life is crashing down like an avalanche. That kind of feeling is something I believe we all can relate to. I felt that many times in my life.
Landslide was beautifully covered by other artist such as Smashing Pumpkins and Dixie Chicks, also in the TV show Glee. I've read Miley Cyrus, Tori Amos, and Bush did it also. Actually there are a lot more.
Well I hope you will give my version a listen haha. Please don't bash me hahaha!
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Monday, October 9, 2017
El Bohemio Visits the Pinto Museum


So I'm gonna share to you some pictures I took of this very unique museum. It truly is a place for someone who appreciates art, gardens, and traditional architecture.
The Architecture
Well, it's Mediterranean. They will remind you of Santorini minus the blue accents. Blue is replaced with earth colors such as terracotta and sienna, and a lot of greens provided by our lush tropical flora. I personally love this style or architecture with its roughly plastered, dull-cornered wall finish; niches, and built-in seating. I remember dreaming of a house like this. If I'm lucky to have my own house built, it will have this same rustic charm.





The Gardens
Lots of open spaces here and the plants are allowed to grow freely - no tree or bush cut into a topiary, or plants arranged in a Zen like manner. They cascade in the sloping terrain along steps and pathways that lead you to a lot of artful surprises. Impressive sculptures of clay, cast stone, and metal will greet you while you explore the museum grounds.





The Galleries
They have galleries as small as a cellar and as large as a warehouse. The museum's rustic style is consistent inside and out. One gallery will lead you to another, not only by turning left or right but climbing up or down. The steep terrain on which the galleries are built added to the appeal of this museum. Some galleries are even "landscaped" with large rocks.
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